Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Before I dive into all our fun celebrations for Mother's Day this year, I want to send out a huge thank you to all the wonderful Mother's, Motherly figures, and future Mom's out there for everything you do. I have been so blessed to have so many strong, and amazing women in my life to guide me. I have to start by thanking my own mother for not only bringing me into this world, but putting her life on hold to always make sure she was giving us kids the best life she could possibly give us. She has always been there to empower us, teach us, comfort us and love us through every stage of our lives. I now also have an amazing Mother-in-law who has never missed an opportunity to make me feel loved and welcomed into my new family. I know so many women who butt heads with their Mother-in-laws and I count myself lucky to have one I love and admire so much. I couldn't leave out my best friend Sarah's amazing mother who has also never missed an opportunity to welcome me into their family. She has fed me, put a roof over my head, given me life advice and spoiled me rotten for nearly 15 years now and I wouldn't feel right considering her anything other than a mom to me as well. These 3 incredible women are just the tip of the iceberg of women who have touched my life. I have so many grandparents, aunts, cousins, siblings, friends and parents of friends who have each taught me important lessons in my life. They have each helped shape me into the woman I am today. Some of them continue to touch my life and help me improve myself as a daughter, sister, wife and friend every day. Some day I hope to follow your examples of love and selflessness to become as wonderful a mother to own children as you are to yours. Cheers to all you wonderful ladies!

Mother's Day was celebrated on Saturday for my mom this year. She had mentioned multiple times that her car was the only car in the family without a spoiler on it, and she was feeling left out. My dad had the great idea of giving her one for Mother's Day this year. Since her car is a nicer one, it took a bit of shopping to find a spoiler that would look good on her car and matched the paint. It was a tad bit on the pricier side so all of us girls went in on it together to get it for her. While my dad worked on installing the spoiler, we needed to get my mom out of the house. Kelsey and I told her we wanted to take her to lunch at the Olive Garden for Mother's Day. She couldn't say no to a free lunch, so off the three of us went leaving my dad to his work. My dad was supposed to text me when the spoiler was on, so when lunch was over and the check was paid but I still hadn't received a text, I knew we needed to stall going home. Thinking on my feet is not my forte, and the best I could do is complain that I was almost out of cat food and that we needed to make a stop at Petco for some more food before going home. My mom didn't seem very impressed, but agreed to go. Luckily it was a pet adoption weekend at the store, so there was plenty to look at while we were there! Before long Kelsey fell in love with a beautiful white cat with one blue eye and one green eye that was up for adoption. My mom said no at first but we weren't going to take her first answer as final. We noticed that she was a 9 year old cat and the only animal that was free. We began guilt tripping my mother that the only reason she would be free is if this was her last chance to find a home, or she would be put down. It's horrible I know, but it worked! She gave in enough to say that if my dad said yes, then Kelsey could get the cat. My dad didn't even understand what Kelsey was mumbling about, he just told her to get whatever she wanted. My mom couldn't back out on her word now, so Kelsey began filling out the adoption paperwork. Of course the adoption took a while and we had to browse the store to get Kelsey her own cat supplies so our trip to Petco proved to be enough time for dad to finish the spoiler. When we got home my dad pretended to go fill up his soda in my mom's car so that she would see it with the spoiler. It took my mom a few minutes to catch on, but she finally figured it out! She seemed to like her spoiler quite a bit, so I think her present was a success!



Meet Kelsey's new little angel...

Elsa!



Pets need to nerd out sometimes too!

She loves cuddles

My mom's best Vanna White impersonation

Mom, Dad and the new spoiler

Mom posing with all her girls

That night my friend Chelsea and her family wanted to go out to a Karaoke Bar. Against my Mother's wishes, we brought Rachel along as well. I know, great Mother's Day gift, taking Rachel to her first bar! In my defense, it's not like she was going to drink, just sing! We all met at Chelsea's house before heading to a bar none of us had been to before on the East side. I don't remember the name of the place but it was crowded! It was a really odd atmosphere as well, like we weren't exactly welcome there and the same 3-4 people kept getting up to sing boring songs. We stayed long enough for someone in our group to get a turn, which took about an hour, before deciding to jet. Instead we went to Cheers to You, a bar we had been to a couple times before. It was instantly better. We had a more relaxed atmosphere with friendlier people and better music. Rachel, Bob and I didn't do much singing but we cheered on Chelsea, Garrett, Brittney, Jeff, Lindsay and Ian as each of them did! Someone Jeff knew met us there as well, I think it was his brother but it may have just been a friend of his. Chelsea's family was determined that Rachel hit it off with him despite me telling them about her boyfriend Mac. They did end up getting them to play pool with each other, but not much else. Everyone had a lot of fun!



My handsome hubby and I

Rachel and her Pool date

Busted!

Sunday was Mother's Day so Bob and I had planned on getting up early to make his mom breakfast in bed, but neither of us thought to set an alarm.... Needless to say, she got up and went to church before we woke up so we missed our opportunity. Bob made his infamous "crack waffles" anyway, and we ate them for lunch instead!

*We call them crack waffles because they are so delicious that they are "as addictive as crack", not because there is anything in them that shouldn't be....

After lunch we gave Marcie her Mother's Day card, a jazz shirt and some new pajama pants. She seemed to love everything since she insisted on trying everything on right away and wore them the rest of the day! She kept thanking me for picking out the best presents for her all the time, so I had to let her know that Bob actually did the shopping this year. She seemed really impressed! Bob also got me a U of U shirt and some new fluffy slippers as a Mother's Day gift. We don't have kids yet, so he really didn't need to get me anything. Maybe he is just practising for the future? Or he is just really impressed with my mothering skills to all our little fur babies! That night Bob slaved away in the kitchen making the most delicious Chicken Parmesan I have ever had, for his mom. Everyone enjoyed the food so much we stuffed ourselves completed full before we could even start on the garlic bread! All in all I think it was a great Mother's Day!